HOLISTIC PACKAGING DESIGN

Course Code:

N1-5150

Semester:

5th Semester (Graphic Arts Technology pathway)

Specialization Category:

ΜΕ

Course Hours:

4

ECTS:

5


SYLLABUS

– Holistic Packaging Design – Holistic Design Principles

– Multi-criteria packaging design models

– Interactions of packaging with various scientific fields

– Packaging as a container

– Packaging as a promotional display

– Packaging as a protection medium

– The basic functions of packaging

– Methods of printing packaging

– Methods of forming packaging

– Methods of labelling packaging

– Selection of packaging materials

– Packaging as waste (environmental assessment)

– Recycling, downcycling and upcycling (reuse) of packaging

ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY

  1. Μάριος Τσιγώνιας, Αναστάσιος Πολίτης, Ολιστικός Σχεδιασμός Συσκευασίας, Συνοπτικές σημειώσεις μαθήματος, 2019
  2. Καρακασίδης Νικόλαος: Ειδικά θέματα συσκευασίας, Εκδόσεις Ίων
  3. Stafford Cliff, 50 trade secrets of great packaging design, Rockport Publishers Inc., USA, 1999
  4. Bakker (ed.), Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology, J. Wiley & Sons, New York (1986).
  5. Boustead and H. Lidgren, Problems in Packaging, The Environmental Issue, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York (1981).
  6. Goddard, Packaging Materials, Pira, Leatherhead, Surrey (1990)
  7. Wozniak Jo, Physical Data, visualization and rapid prototyping with the Genisys Xs, the Beckman Institute, USA, 2001
  8. Helmut Kipphan: Handbook of Print Media
  9. Gravure Education Foundation: Gravure process and technology
  10. Foundation of Flexographic Technical Association: Principles and practices 6.0 

Related academic journals:
Visual Communication Journal
Acta Graphica
IARIGAI Journal

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